Global Issues Welcome to our Global Issues Pathfinder. When using databases, you will need to log in to Moodle to get the user names and passwords. When using ebooks, all you need to do is click on the Read Online button to start reading. If you need to print something, just click on the page you want to print and the print button will appear.If you see (audio) next to a source, that means you can listen to and read the information.
Search Terms
Congo AND War
Coltan
"blood diamonds"
Conflict Diamonds
cell phones AND recycling
waste electronic apparatus
Questions How does trade affect the way people earn their living in regions of the world? What do mobile phones and game consoles have to do with war in the Congo? Getting StartedNeed some background information? Try this article. Blood Mineral (audio) (magazine) (password needed) Try this online encyclopedia article from CultureGrams. You'll find out where the Congo and Sierra Leone are located, as well as facts about the history, culture, and people. If you are at home, you will need a password for these articles. Congo Sierra Leone
Welcome to our Global Issues Pathfinder. When using databases, you will need to log in to Moodle to get the user names and passwords. When using ebooks, all you need to do is click on the Read Online button to start reading. If you need to print something, just click on the page you want to print and the print button will appear. If you see (audio) next to a source, that means you can listen to and read the information.
Search Terms
Questions How does trade affect the way people earn their living in regions of the world? What do mobile phones and game consoles have to do with war in the Congo?
Getting StartedNeed some background information? Try this article. Blood Mineral (audio) (magazine) (password needed)
Try this online encyclopedia article from CultureGrams. You'll find out where the Congo and Sierra Leone are located, as well as facts about the history, culture, and people. If you are at home, you will need a password for these articles. Congo
Sierra Leone
Blood DiamondsBBC News: Sierra Leone (newspaper/website)Hip Hop Documentary Brings Home Clear-Cut Truths about Blood Diamonds (website)Blood Diamonds and How to Avoid Buying Illicit Gems (magazine/website)How the African Diamond Trade Works (website)The High Price of Diamonds (audio) (magazine/website)
Recycling Cell Phones
Dead Ringers (website)
E-Waste Reinvented(newspaper) Coltan Photos Coltan Mining